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04-012-2011

Test IV General Awareness

(with special reference to Banking Industry)

151. India has agreed to provide financial help to which of the following countries so that it can also implement its 10th Five Years Plan (2008-13) successfully? (1) Afghanistan (2) Myanmar (3) Pakistan (4) Nepal (5) Bhutan

152. Which of the following States is a major producer of Sugar in India? (1) Goa (2) Punjab (3) Jammu & Kashmir (4) Himachal Pradesh (5) Maharashtra 153. A bank receives a counterfelt note of Rs. 100/- from the customer, which customer wants it back. Which of the following action should be taken by the Bank? (1) Will return to customer (2) Will impound and no return (3) Will ask for exchange of note (4) Will replace with genuine note (5) Will check all the notes in possession with the customer which are not being deposited also 154. Which of the following is not a

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mode of foreign capital inflow in India? (1) FDI (2) NRI deposits (3) FII (4) No frills accounts (5) None of these Exporters and importers in India are required to know FEMA rules. What does the letter M denote in the term FEEMA? (1) Money (2) Material (3) Mega (4) Management (5) Micro China has asked India to suspend operations of ONGC Videsh in South China sea. ONGC Videsh is an organization engaged in (1) Oil exploration (2) Fishing and Pearl Culture (3) Research in Oceanography (4) Development of Ports and Shipyards (5) Providing technology for converting sea water into potable water In India, which of the following have highest share in the disbursement of credit to agriculture and allied activities? (1) Commercial Banks (2) Cooperative Banks (3) Private sector Banks (4) Microfinance institutions (5) Regional Rural Banks China has asked India to suspend operations of ONGC Videsh which

of the following places in September 2011 to address the General Assembly of the United Nation Organization? (1) New York (2) Washington DC (3) Rome (4) Vienna (5) Paris 159. Which of the following banks was not nationalized in 1969? (1) Punjab National Bank (2) Bank of India (3) State Bank of India (4) Bank of Baroda (5) Bank of Maharashtra 160. Bad debts mean which of the following? (1) Amounts owed to a company that are going to be paid within a month (2) Amounts owed to a company that are not going to be paid (3) Amounts owed to a company that are going to be paid within 1 year (4) Amounts owed to a company that are not going to be paid within 3 years (5) Amounts owed to a company that are going to be paid within 6 months 161. Pakistan has raised objection over the construction of Kishanganga Hydro Power project being developed in (1) Rajasthan

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(2) Jammu & Kashmir (3) Gujarat (4) Punjab (5) Himachal Pradesh Who among the following is the Leader of the Opposition in the present Rajya Sabha? (1) Sri Sharad Joshi (2) Sri Ravi Shankar Prasad (3) Sri Arun Jaitely (4) Sri A.K. Antony (5) None of these Which of the following is NOT a bank of finance company? (1) ABN Amro (2) HSBC (3) Lufthansa (4) BNP Paribas (5) Barclays What is the maximum permissible limit for Investment in PDF account in a financial year? (1) Rs. 1 lakh (2) Rs. 70,000 (3) Rs. 50,000 (4) Rs. 60,000 (5) There is no limit In our country, a cheque remains valid for payment for _______ from the date of issue. (1) 3 months (2) 6 months (3) 9 months (4) 12 months (5) 18 months The Govt. of India has acquired RBIs stake in one of the major banks of India. Which of the following is the bank? (1) AXIS Bank (2) IDBI Bank (3) ICICI Bank (4) State Bank of India

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(5) None of these Lasith Malinga is a famous player associated with the game of ______ (1) Hockey (2) Badminton (3) Lawn Tennis (4) Cricket (5) Football Credit Cards is a famous player associated with the game of _______ (1) Hard money (2) Easy money (3) Soft money (4) Plastic money (5) Real money Who among the following is the President of Nepal at present and was in news recently? (1) Sri Ram Baran Yadav (2) Sri Baburam Bhattarai (3) Sri Gyanendra Shah (4) Sri Madhav Kumar Nepal (5) None of these Which of the following is one of the sites from where Rockets are launched by ISRO, the Space Agency of India? (1) Sriharikota (2) Tarapore (3) Guwahati (4) Trombay (5) Jaitapur Sri Burhanuddin Rarabbani who died recently was the former President of ______

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(1) Pakistan (2) Afghanistan (3) Iraq (4) Iran (5) Bangladesh Which of the following books is written by Salman Rushdie? (1) The Golden Gate (2) The God of Small Things (3) The Immortals (4) Satanic Verses (5) Two Lives Sex Ratio (number female per 1000 males) as per recent data released by the census commission of India is _______ (1) 930 (2) 980 (3) 976 (4) 941 (5) 990 On domestic term deposits, bank in our country generally offer additional rate of interest on term deposits from_______ (1) Minors (2) Married women (3) Govt. employees (4) Rural residents (5) Senior citizens Which of the following instruments cannot be transferred from one person to another by Endorsement? (a) Fixed Deposit Receipt (b) Cheque (c) Bill of Exchange (d) Promissory Note (e) None of these

176. Crossing applies to which of the following instruments? (1) Cheques (2) Bills (3) Promissory Notes (4) Hundles (5) Fixed Deposit receipts 177. Which of the following terms is NOT associated with the game of Football? (1) Dead Ball (2) Back pass (3) Corner Kick (4) Maiden over (5) Goal line 178. Which of the following is a Development Bank? (1) HDFC Bank (2) National Housing Bank (3) Central Bank of India (4) Saraswat Co. Op. Bank (5) HSBC Bank 179. The second Africa India Forum Summit 2011 was organized in May 2011 in ______ (1) Sun City (2) New Delhi (3) Addis Ababa (4) Nairobi 180. Which of the following assets can be mortgaged? (1) Stock (2) Book Debts (3) National Savings Certificates (4) Shares (5) Land and Building

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181. Preshipment packing credit advances are generally given by banks to_______ (1) Farmers (2) Retail Traders (3) Professionals (4) Exporters (5) Transport Operators 182. Among the banks in our country, which of the following is not a foreign bank? (1) HSBC (2) Standard Chartered Bank (3) BNP Paribas (4) Citi Bank NA (5) Ing Vysya Bank 183. India has an extensive Nuclear Energy Pact with which of the following countries which will enable it to build many nuclear power stations in the country? (1) Russia (2) USA (3) Japan (4) Germany (5) China 184. Which of the following is the unit of electric current? (1) Kelvin (2) Mole (3) Candela (4) Erg (5) Ampere 185. Which of the following countries is a member of South Asian for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)? (1) Azerbaijan (2) Nepal (3) Qatar (4) Oman (5) Vietnam

186. Which of the following is the Currency of Iran? (1) Dinar (2) Rial (3) Lari (4) Rufiyaa (5) Dirham 187. Which of the following is a foreign bank having offices/branches in India? (1) Yes Bank (2) HDFC Bank (3) IDBI Bank (4) Karnataka Bank (5) Standard Chartered Bank 188. The Head Quarter of the International Court of Justice is located in______ (1) Vienna (2) London (3) Tokyo (4) Paris (5) Hague 189. What are teaser loans? (1) Fixed Rate of Interest charged by Banks (2) Floating rate of interest charged by banks (3) Rate of interest in the initial period is very less and increases steeply in later years (4) Rate of interest in the later years goes down substantially (5) None of these 190. Which of the following Awards is given for excellence in the field of Cinema? (1) Kalidas Samman (2) Dada Saheb Phalke Award (3) Saraswati Samman

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(4) Ashok Chakra (5) Kirti Chakra BCCI is an organization working in the field of________ (1) Sports (2) Science & Technology (3) Space Research (4) Social Welfare (5) World Peace Which of the following is NOT a Public Sector Undertaking? (1) Eastern Coal Fields Ltd. (2) Cotton Corporation of India Ltd. (3) Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam Ltd. (4) ACC Ltd. (5) Goa Shipyard Ltd. Who among the following is NOT a Minister in Union Cabinet? (1) Sri Kamal Nath (2) Sri Sharad Pawar (3) Sri S. M. Krishna (4) Smt. Ambika Soni (5) Ms.Mamta Banerjee Ambitabh Bachchan was given Best Actor Award in 57 th National Award for 2010 for his acting in the film _______ (1) Baabul (2) Chenni Kum (3) Paa (4) Buddha Hoga Tera Baap (5) Boothnath Which of the following is NOT the name of sensitive index of any

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global stock exchange? (1) Nasdaq (2) Nikkei (3) Kospi (4) Dow Jones (5) SEBI Who among the following is NOT a well known author of Indian origin? (1) Kiran Desai (2) Shobha De (3) Gagan Narang (4) Chetan Bhagat (5) Vikram Chandra Which of the fooling Cups/Trophies is associated with the game of Lawn Tennis? (1) Rothman Trophy (2) Thomas Cup (3) Wimbledon Trophy (4) Deodhar Trophy (5) Indira Gold Cup Which of the following aptly describes the business of insurance? (1) Insurance is about collective bearing of risk (2) Insurance pays to one person from money collected from another person (3) Insurance is about disaster management (4) Insurance is about paying for others mistakes (5) None of these Which of the following welfare schemes is launched by the Govt. of India? (1) Jeevan Aadhar

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(2) Komal Jeevan (3) Mid Day Meal Yojana (4) Jevan Amrit (5) Jeevan Mitra 200. Which of the following Awards was given to VVS Laxman in 2011 by the Govt. of India? (1) Padmashri (2) Padma Vibhushan (3) Arjuna Award (4) Sportsman of the year (5) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

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